About me

Hi, My name is Louis Esselen and welcome
to my site!

Golf has been my life since I was 9 years
old and I have been playing for the past
40 years.

As a junior I won all my age group competitions (from the age of 9 till 15) each year at our annual junior tournament held at my home club each july holidays. Eventually I won the Gary Player Trophy for the best 18 hole score when I was 16.

My best round ever is a 64, and I have had only one solitary hole in one.(in 1987)

During my Pro career I played the Tour but soon realized that my game was not good enough.I decided that teaching was my passion and my dream came true to teach over seas. I had the privilege of being able to teach
golf overseas in places like Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

This overseas experience taught me to communicate in lots of different ways to my students to get them to do what I wanted them to do.

With the many languages spoken in these parts of the world I had to sometimes communicate literally by physically taking the student through the swing movements.I discovered the best way to teach is through active visualization.

After giving thousands of lessons during this time I became much more aware of teaching my students how to feel the right movements in the swing. This gave them much more confidence to repeat the correct movements.

Some of the highlights in my career were as an instructor with the Gary Player Golf Academy in Singapore, and opening the first golf Academy in China under the Gary Player name.

Other highlights were writing instruction articles for Premiere Golf Magazine Singapore, and Golf Malaysia Magazine.

I got a little taller than him since we saw each other last!

I also had the privilege of meeting John Jacobs,a world-renowned teacher while in China and watched him in action teaching.


How my expertise can help you

Throughout my teaching career I have always known that “feel” plays a vital role in the golf swing. It gives you the confidence in knowing what you are trying to accomplish. It helps you to play by remembered feel.

Your challenge is applying the feelings I have mentioned on my site to your own swing. Take and use what will help you and discard the rest.

You should notice a dramatic change in your swing and ball striking by using the “feelings” I have described on my site.

If I can give you solid advice, perfect your basic fundamentals first. It is the only way to better golf!

Although mechanics are important we need to combine feel with them to make any progress. Most importantly, have fun, and feel free to

contact me here should you need any help, or have any comments about this site.

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